Renewable energy technologies, crucial to reducing climate change and achieving sustainable development, depend crucially on science. Scientific innovation has made solar, wind, hydro and geothermal forms of energy sources increasingly efficient and available.
But researchers are looking at new materials for solar panels, such as perovskites, that could mean higher energy conversion rates. Advancements in turbine design are improving wind in even low wind regions in wind energy. On the other hand, breakthroughs in energy storage, such as solid state batteries, are solving the intermittent problems that the renewable energy uses, making it a more reliable alternate to fossil fuels.
Renewable energy system also works to measure the environmental impact of it so they will be entirely sustainable. Renewable energy continues to invest heavily in research and development and offers the potential to lower emissions of greenhouse gases, diversify energy, and move toward a cleaner, greener future.